Yogananda-a pilgrimage to Arunachala

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Thanks Vicki for sending this.

For the record, the "East-West Magazine" Sri Ramana had pointed to was

later renamed by Yoganandaji to "Self-Realization Magazine". Its

original title had become too suggestive of the conflict between the

two superpowers. The magazine is published to this day.

Warmly,

Michael

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pilgrimage to Arunachala

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Before leaving South India , Mr. Wright and I made a pilgrimage

to the holy hill of Arunachala near Tiruvannamalai to meet

Sri Ramana Maharshi . At his ashram the sage welcomed us

affectionately and pointed to a nearby stack of East-West

magazines. During the hours that we spent with him

and his disciples , he was mostly silent , his gentle face

radiating divine love and wisdom.

To help suffering humanity regain its forgotten state of perfection,

Sri Ramana teaches that one should constantly ask himself "

"Who am I?" - the Great Inquiry indeed. By stern rejection of all

other thoughts the devotee soon finds himself going deeper and

deeper into the true Self , and the sidetracking bewilderments of

other thoughts cease to arise . The illumined rishi of South India

has written :

Dualities and trinities on something do hang,

Supportless they never appear ;

That support searched for , they loosen and fall.

There is the Truth. Who sees that never wavers.

taken from

Autobiography of a Yogi

Paramahansa Yogananda

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All paths go

somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, sights, perceptions,

and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and subside back

into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not different than

the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the nature of

Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always Present. It

is Home. Home is where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the

Finality of Eternal Being. A true devotee relishes in the Truth of

Self-Knowledge, spontaneously arising from within into It Self.

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